Psammotermes soil sheeting on dead shrub above ground IMG 8446

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Psammotermes species sometimes forage above ground, covering dead or moribund plants with soil sheeting. Here they have attacked a woody bush. Date: 14 May 2014, 08:58:32. Source: Own work. Author: JonRichfield. Camera location27° 40′ 48″ S, 17° 35′ 45.6″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth-27.680000; 17.596000. Psammotermes forage above ground, covering beetle-tunnelled wood with soil sheeting. In combination with the beetles they play a major role in recycling plant matter. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. :. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.